Delia Derbyshire was born on May 5, 1937 in Coventry, England to working class parents Edward Derbyshire and Emma Dawson. As a child and adolescent, Delia was fascinated and obsessed with sound: the sounds of her father’s sheet metal factory, the sounds of the German blitz bombers as they flew over Coventry during World War …
December 1 ~ Pandora’s Box (1929) Released on December 1, 1929, Louise Brooks embodies the “flapper” spirit of her Lost Generation in this sexually charged and erotic silent melodrama ahead of its time in its depiction of the divide between men and the feminine psyche. It tragically ends in the winter slums of Soho during …
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville [Exterior. Paris. Grey, grey, grey.] Alain Delon, Gian-Maria Volonté and Yves Montand play an unlikely trio- one was just released from jail, the second fled it, and the third is an ex-cop. The three plan a big coup by breaking into a big jewelry store at Place Vendome and are being chased …
THE DISCO SUN IT SHINES SO BRIGHT Turbonegro, ‘Denim Demon’ When talking about classics and masterpieces, everybody talks about the ‘White Album’, but not all talk about Turbonegro‘s Ass Cobra. That’s not right. Let’s get one thing straight right from the beginning: Ass Cobra is no little or unknown record. When we talk about Turbonegro, …
Ennio Morricone is one of the most influential and renowned film composers. There is an alchemy, a magic, inside Ennio Morricone’s best compositions. It is a blurring of the boundaries and definitions existing between genres. His film scores do not abide by conventions and break the rules. The metamorphoses and transformations are what make Morricone’s …
Some might be surprised that my prime connection to Vincent Gallo is not established via his films, but through his music- since many don’t even know that this man makes music. Gallo’s 2001 album When is in my all-time Top 10, one of the records I always come back to. A very special, intimate and …
Director: Marco Ferreri „If I were asked to characterize the present state of affairs, I would describe it as ‘after the orgy’. The orgy in question was the moment when modernity exploded upon us, the moment of liberation in every sphere. Political liberation, sexual liberation, liberation of the forces of production, liberation of the forces …
In this episode of Crazy Turks, we talk about the unquestionable king of Anadolu Rock & Turkish Psychedelic, the great Barış Manço. Outside of Turkey the perception of Manço seems to start and end with his 1975 prog-voyage 2023, an album that is not among his most popular ones in Turkey and really not the …
Everyone, no matter who you are, needs a vacation. Can’s Future Days is a quintessential summer vacation record. Many of us would love to spend time on a beach, a faraway island, yet we are still stuck in our homes because of the coronavirus quarantine. Future Days magically transports you to a hidden refuge. Damo …
Gustav Holst (born September 21, 1874, died May 25, 1934) was a British composer who became fascinated with astrology in 1913. In the spring of 1914, prophetically before the outbreak of World War I that summer, Holst composed the first of seven pieces for his orchestral suite The Planets– “Mars, the Bringer of War”. In …
